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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to press / to push down / to keep under (control) / pressure
HSK 3
pressure
HSK 3
to oppress / to repress / to constrict / oppression / stress (physics)
HSK 6
blood pressure
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *压* | 压* | *压
to pressure
HSK 7-9
to reduce pressure / to relax
HSK 7-9
(mainly used in the negative) in the first place; absolutely; simply
overwhelming
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
pressure cooker
to overwhelm / to overpower / overwhelming
HSK 7-9
(physics) high pressure / (meteorology) high atmospheric pressure / high voltage / systolic blood pressure / high-handed; oppressive
HSK 7-9
atmospheric pressure
road roller
atmospheric pressure
low pressure / low voltage
atmospheric pressure
to lower (one's voice)
to suppress / to inhibit / to stifle
HSK 7-9
to boost the pressure (of a fluid) / to boost (or step up) the voltage
data compression
compactor / compressor
to cause sth to collapse under the weight / (fig.) to overwhelm
to resist pressure or stress / pressure-resistant
to press / to squeeze / to extract juice, oil etc by squeezing
pressure crease / fig. to toil for sb else's benefit / line ball (i.e. on the line)
diastolic blood pressure
pressure gauge / manometer / piezometer
to crush to pieces
blood pressure meter / sphygmomanometer
money given to children as a gift on Chinese New Year's Eve
water pressure
(Tw) see 衝壓|冲压
to stamp; to press (sheet metal) / Taiwan pr. [chong1ya1]
hydraulic pressure
to squash / to crush flat
(Tw) (loanword) acrylic
vise jaw / press board (in a machine)
see-saw
next-to-last item on a program (theater) / climax
decompression schedule
to constrain or repress emotions / oppressive / stifling / depressing / repression
HSK 7-9
to hold the attention of an audience / to serve as the finale to a show
lit. the east wind prevails over the west wind (idiom) / fig. one side prevails over the other / progressive ideas prevail over reactionary ones
to crush or compact (with a roller) / to run over (with a vehicle) / (fig.) to trounce; to wipe the floor with; to be far superior
to crush to death
to suppress / to beat down
to compress; compression
HSK 7-9
pressure vessel / autoclave
pressure (physics)
blood pressure
Zener diode
to pressurize / to boost / to supercharge
low pressure / depression (meteorology)
to pressurize / to pile on pressure
to suppress / to quell (a disturbance) / repression
to uphold good and suppress evil (idiom)
to alleviate stress
pressure on a drill bit
to press down / to crush down / to restrain (anger) / to keep down (voice)
the straw that broke the camel’s back (idiom) / the final straw
lamination
pressure chamber / pressurized cauldron
peer pressure
to crush
Campaign to Suppress Counterrevolutionaries (PRC political campaign from 1950-1952), abbr. to 鎮反運動|镇反运动
hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) / also 高壓氧治療|高压氧治疗
compression ratio
hydraulic jack
decompression table
French press / press pot
high-handed (measures) / with a heavy hand
to tie up (funds or resources etc that could otherwise be used)
coercion will never convince (idiom)
forming a dense mass
stabilized voltage; regulated voltage / steady pressure; regulated pressure
vasopressor agent / antihypotensive agent (medicine)
piezoelectricity (physics)
(computing) lossy compression
tire pressure
pressure cooker
biasing (electronics) / bias voltage
compressible
lit. strong dragon cannot repress a snake (idiom); fig. a local gangster who is above the law
systolic blood pressure
to substitute one's words for the law and abuse power to crush it (idiom); completely lawless behavior / Might makes right.
to bully / to push around
pressure (as measured)
to squeeze / to press / to extrude
HSK 7-9
high blood pressure / hypertension
HSK 7-9
osmotic pressure
(Tw) post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
(computing) compressed archive file
to withhold / to hold sth back (and prevent it being known)
antihypertensive drug
ground pressure
to relieve stress / (computing) to decompress
to compress / to compact

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